Professor Jie Chen
- Position: Chair in Finance
- Areas of expertise: Corporate finance; corporate governance.
- Email: J.Chen3@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2173
- Location: Room 2.03 16 Clarendon Place
- Website: Personal webpage
Profile
Jie Chen is Professor of Finance in the Accounting and Finance Department at the University of Leeds. He joined Leeds in August 2018 as an Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance. Prior to that, he has worked as a Lecturer of Finance at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. In 2014, Jie was awarded PhD in Finance from the University of Bristol where he has also worked as a teaching assistant.
Research interests
Jie’s research interests include mainly empirical corporate finance and corporate governance, such as executive compensation, board of directors, mergers and acquisitions, and dividend policies. Jie is also interested in corporate innovation, default risk, banking, corporate social responsibility and various aspects of behavioral finance (in particular the role of managerial overconfidence and gender diversity).
Research groups and institutes
- International Banking Institute